Enjoy Week 9, fellow NFL guessers.
The league is throwing some head-scratching coin-flippers at us this week.
In some of the more evenly matched contests of the year, five of the 14 games have points spreads of fewer than three points.
Some of those games are good: Seattle at Buffalo; Chicago at Tennessee; Baltimore at Indianapolis. Some are not so good: Giants at Washington.
Week 8 saw the Vikings and Bengals win as 6½- and 5½-point underdogs. Miami, Denver and Las Vegas also won as underdogs.
The Lions, um, came three touchdowns short of the upset that was predicted here. So, yeah, picking Detroit as the Upset Special two weeks in a row will end with a 1-1 record.
The Lions are at U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday. And, yes, trying to pick a Vikings game accurately has gotten harder than catching a loose chicken. But the stab here is Detroit hands Minnesota its first home win after three mighty duds by the hosts at U.S. Bank Stadium.
As for the Upset Special, let's go with Drew Brees, who should finally be getting some nice reinforcements at receiver as he tries to raise his season record against Tom Brady to 2-0.
